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Lot 166
SILVER COMMEMORATIVE COIN KING GEORGE VI 1910-1935, 1 BRONZE COLOURED COMMEMORATIVE COIN -NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL SIR W.H. STEPHENSON, LORD MAYOR, 1 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL CORONATION OF GEORGE VI 1937, 1 QUEEN VICTORIA 1887 JUBILEE MEDAL, 1 QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1953 CORONATION PEN & 1 SOLIERS PLUME.
Lot 286
A Paris Art Deco commemorative medal by Dammann, a mother of pearl and ivory aide-memoire and sundry items, including two 1953 Amateur Gardening awards, a gilt metal-mounted bead bag, a small leather-covered travelling writing compendium with gilt metal interior, a compact, various cufflinks and dress studs, wristwatches, etc.
Lot 94
'HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE HUNDRED OF SALFORD' SILVER SHELD SHAPED MEDAL FOB the obverse with enamel decoration, the reverse dated 1912 and named to H Warburton; together with a Salford Municipal Secondary School medal engraved 'S.S.S.B.S.O. 1913. H Warburton. 1st Swimming Under Water. 2nd Diving for Plates. 2nd 250yds Handicap' (2)
Lot 10
POWELL KENNETH: (1885-1915) British Athlete and Tennis Player. Killed in action at Ypres during the First World War. Rare A.L.S., Kenneth Powell, one page, 8vo, Reigate, 4th May 1913, to Percy Rootham. In a brief message Powell informs his correspondent, in full, 'Please except this (no longer present) from me as an expression of thanks for what you have done for the Surrey Clubs.' Annotated at the foot with, '(Enclosing a copy of the Redhill L.T.C. for 1913)' in an unknown hand. With slight foxing to the right edge and with minor age wear. Together with a Bronze Medal awarded to Powell by the Amateur Athletic Association. The inscription engraved into the medal states, 'Standard Medal, 120 Yds Hurdles, 22nd June 1912, K.Powell'. Accompanied by the original presentation box, the lid being embossed in gold with 'Amateur Athletic Association 1912', from Vaughtons Ltd, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, Birmingham. Also including two pages, 4to, containing two neatly adhered press cuttings regarding Powell's life and death, one page being dated 3rd March 1915. Signatures of Powell are rare due to his untimely death during World War I. G to VG, 3 Percy Rootham (1872-1939) British Vice President of the Lawn Tennis Association 1923-39. One month after this medal had been presented for his third place in the 120 Yds Hurdles, Powell was running in the same event, this time in the finals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, held in Stockholm. Powell finished in fifth place. Since the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, Oxbridge athletes, such as Powell, provided the lifeblood of the British Olympic movement. By the end of the First World War, nearly 28 percent of the young men going up to Oxford and Cambridge between 1910 and 1914 had perished in battle.
Lot 200
BATTENBERG LOUIS: (1854-1921) British Naval Officer and German Prince, father of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. A.L.S., Louis Battenberg, four pages, 8vo, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, 22nd May 1917, to Charles Wheeler. Battenberg thanks his correspondent for their reply, continuing, 'I am not sure whether I mentioned to you, in explaining my design of obverse for King's War Medal that I had intended to make the laurel leaves cover more of the blank part of the rings forming the chain' further continuing, 'As regards the Cavell Medal; in speaking of “bust” I meant only a very small amount of body…' With a minor tear to the foot of the vertical fold, and age wear, otherwise G Charles Wheeler (1892-1974) British Sculptor, the first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy,1956-66.
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